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Sunday, April 26th, 2015

Tom DeLay: People keep forgetting that God ‘wrote the Constitution’

Author:     David Edwards
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     20 Feb 2014 at 16:23 ET
 Link: Tom DeLay: People keep forgetting that God ‘wrote the Constitution’
Stephan:   Although the competition is very stiff this is, perhaps, the most outrageously ignorant ideological public statement made by a senior politician in the United States in the last decade. And it was made by a corrupt Republican who was once House Majority Leader. The first response is to laugh at stupidity at this level, but I suggest something deeper and far more toxic is at work here, which is why I feature this report. As democracy has been corrupted and particularly the Republican Party has been co-opted by the uber-rich, who play ignorant "values" voters like puppets, one of the symptoms of this jobbery is the decline in the quality, intelligence, and integrity of elected officials. Tom DeLay, a disgraced politician, and his statement that God wrote the Constitution is an iconic example of what I mean.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Republican of Texas.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) this week warned Americans to remember that God “wrote the Constitution” based on the Bible.

During an appearance on John Hagee Ministries’ Global Evangelism Television (GETV) network on Wednesday, host Matt Hagee asked the Texas Republican where the country had gone wrong.

“I think we got off the track when we allowed our government to become a secular government,” DeLay explained. “When we stopped realizing that God created this nation, that he wrote the Constitution, that it’s based on biblical principles.” (emphasis added)

“Governments like we have are very easy to destroy,” Hagee later noted.

DeLay recalled that he had closed the Capitol rotunda for three hours as Majority Leader so that members of the House and Senate could get “on our knees seeking the face of God and praying.”

“And I really feel now, Pastor Matt, the Lord has heard us, I see the Holy Spirit moving. And I pray every day for an awakening in this country,” he said, adding that […]

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1 Comment

  1. Anne B. on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Mr. DeLay, God did NOT write the Constitution. Men from twelve of the thirteen original colonies wrote this document during the summer of 1787. Sir, isn’t it about time you learned the history of this great document?